AirportsSan Carlos Airport is a medium-sized airport serving San Carlos, in California, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SQL.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SQL
- ICAO code
- KSQL
- City
- San Carlos
- State or region
- California
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 37.5131° N, 122.2508° W
- Elevation
- 2 m (5 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 799 m (2,621 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SQL means San Carlos Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KSQL. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 37.5131° N, 122.2508° W. It stands 2 metres (5 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Los Angeles, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
San Carlos Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 799 metres (2,621 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 648.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 799 m 2,621 ft | 23 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco International AirportSan Francisco | SFO | 16 km |
| Oakland San Francisco Bay AirportOakland | OAK | 23 km |
| Mineta San Jose International AirportSan Jose | SJC | 33 km |
| Buchanan FieldConcord | CCR | 56 km |
| Stockton Metropolitan AirportStockton | SCK | 99 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,397 km | 15 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,525 km | 16 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,032 km | 16 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,620 km | 10 h 55 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,146 km | 5 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 527 km | 1 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 13,597 km | 16 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,301 km | 10 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 11,953 km | 14 h 55 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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